People of the Bible

Queen of Sheba

A queen who came to Solomon with riddles after hearing reports about him.

Raamah

Raamah is listed among Cush’s sons and as the father of Sheba and Dedan.

Raamah son of Cush

A son of Cush whose sons are named as Sheba and Dedan.

Rab-saris

Rab-saris is named as an Assyrian official sent to King Hezekiah and as a designation borne by Babylonian officers in Jeremiah.

Rahab

Rahab is named in Joshua as the woman whose actions toward Joshua’s messengers led to her household being spared.

Ram

Ram is named in biblical genealogies between Hezron and Amminadab.

Ram son of Jerahmeel

The firstborn listed among Jerahmeel’s sons in 1 Chronicles.

Raphah (1 Chronicles 8:37)

Raphah is named in 1 Chronicles as Binea’s son and Eleasah’s father.

Raphu

Father of Palti, named in Numbers 13:9.

Reaiah (1 Chronicles 5:5)

A 1 Chronicles person identified as the father of Micah.

Rechab

Father of Malchijah, named in the rebuilding account at the dung gate.

Rechab

Rechab is named as the father of Jonadab in Jeremiah 35.

Rechab Father of Jehonadab

Rechab is named as the father of Jehonadab in 2 Kings.

Regem son of Jahdai

Regem is listed among the sons of Jahdai in 1 Chronicles.

Rehabiah (1 Chronicles 26:25)

Rehabiah is named as Eliezer’s son in 1 Chronicles 26:25.

Rehabiah son of Eliezer

Rehabiah is named as Eliezer’s son in 1 Chronicles 23:17.

Rehob

Rehob is named as the father of Hadadezer, king of Zobah.

Rehoboam

Rehoboam, Solomon's son, became king in Judah and is named in 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Matthew.

Rehoboam

Rehoboam is listed as Solomon’s son and Abijah’s father in 1 Chronicles 3:10.

Rehum son of Bani

Rehum son of Bani is named among those who strengthened the wall in Nehemiah.

Rekem son of Shema

Rekem son of Shema is named in 1 Chronicles as the father of Shammai.

Remaliah

Remaliah is named as the father of Pekah in 2 Chronicles.

Remaliah king of Israel

Remaliah is named in Isaiah as the father of Pekah, king of Israel.

Rephael son of Shemaiah

Rephael is named among the sons of Shemaiah in 1 Chronicles.

Rephah

A 1 Chronicles person identified as Telah's father.

Rephaiah (1 Chronicles 9:43)

A person named within the genealogical sequence of 1 Chronicles 9:43.

Reu

Reu is named as Peleg’s son and Serug’s father in Genesis and Luke.

Reuel

Reuel is named in Genesis as the son of Esau and Basemath and the father of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

Reuel son of Esau

A son of Esau whose four sons are named in 1 Chronicles.

Reumah

Reumah is named in Genesis as the concubine of Nahor and mother of four children.

Rezon

Rezon is identified in 1 Kings as Eliada's son, who fled from Hadadezer and was raised up as an adversary.

Ribai

Ribai is named as the father of Ittai in 2 Samuel.

Ribai

A 1 Chronicles figure identified as Ittai’s father in the verse where he is named.

Rimmon

Rimmon is the Beerothite father of Baanah and Rechab in 2 Samuel.

Rinnah son of Shimon

A son of Shimon named in a family list in 1 Chronicles.

Riphath

Riphath is named among the sons of Gomer in Genesis 10:3.

Riphath son of Gomer

Riphath is named among the sons of Gomer in 1 Chronicles.

Rizia son of Ulla

A son of Ulla listed with Arah and Hanniel in 1 Chronicles.

Rizpah

Rizpah, daughter of Aiah and Saul's concubine, is named in 2 Samuel in connection with Armoni and Mephibosheth.

Rosh

Rosh is listed as one of Benjamin’s sons in Genesis.

Rufus

Rufus is greeted in Romans as one chosen in the Lord.

Rufus, Son of Simon of Cyrene

Rufus is named as the son of Simon of Cyrene in Mark’s account.

Ruth

Ruth is the Moabite daughter-in-law of Naomi who remains with her and becomes Boaz’s wife.

Sabtah

Sabtah is named among the sons of Cush in Genesis.

Sabteca

A Genesis genealogy names Sabteca as one of Cush's sons.

Sachar (1 Chronicles 11:35)

Sachar is named as Ahiam’s father in 1 Chronicles 11:35.

Salmon

Salmon, also written Sala, is named in biblical genealogies between Nahshon and Boaz.

Samuel

Samuel is named in Psalm 99:6 among those who called on the LORD.

Samuel

A Samuel identified as Ammihud’s son and associated with the sons of Simeon in Numbers 34:20.

Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:28)

Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:28) is named as the father of Abijah in 1 Chronicles 6:28.

Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:33)

Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:33) is named in the wording that identifies Heman the singer as “son of Joel, son of Samuel.”

Saph

Saph is named among the descendants of Rapha in an account of war at Gob.

Sapphira

Sapphira is named with Ananias in Acts as his wife and as a seller of a possession.

Saul

Saul is named in Psalm headings that describe David fleeing from him, reports made to him, and men sent against David.

Saul

An Isaiah person named in the expression “Gibeah of Saul.”

Saul (1 Chronicles 6:24)

A 1 Chronicles person identified as the father of Uzziah in a son-by-son sequence.

Saul's Armor-Bearer

Saul's armor-bearer is the unnamed servant who died after Saul's death in 1 Samuel 31.

Saul's Donkey-Search Servant

A 1 Samuel person who serves Saul in the instruction to search for Kish's missing donkeys.

Seba

Seba is named as a son of Cush in the Genesis genealogy.

Second Mother before Solomon

A woman in 1 Kings who says she gave birth while alone in a house with another woman.